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Comrade, You Are So Not Getting a Dell

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the touchy-touchy dept.

theodp writes "At the World Economic Forum, Michael Dell's pitch to help Russia with its computers got the cold-as-Siberia shoulder from Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. 'We don't need help,' shot back Putin. 'We are not invalids. We don't have limited mental capacity' (video — rant starts at 1:24). 'Our programmers are some of the best in the world,' Putin continued. 'No one would contest that here — not even our Indian colleagues.'"

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  1. Bah. by morgan_greywolf · · Score: 0, Redundant

    In Soviet Russia, polonium 210 gets you. (said without a trace of irony)

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    My blog
  2. Today's Top 5 In Soviet Russia... by CompMD · · Score: 0, Redundant

    ...help pitches YOU! ...programming talent has YOU! ...botnets control YOU! ...malware writes YOU! ...Windows boxes infect YOU!

    Hm, I wonder what Polonium tastes like, because right now my Pepsi

  3. Re:In Soviet Russia by TooMuchToDo · · Score: 0, Redundant

    Damn. Beat me to it.